This happened while updating Linux Mint/Debian/Ubuntu on a remote SMB/Samba share.
Solution
After waiting for updates to complete things will work normally but it really is strange that the service actually stops working or is disabled for so long during the update. It is likely the update process stops the serivce and only restarts after the update is complete.
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